Cantonese Dictionary

商州

soeng1 zau1

Mandarin: shang1 zhou1

Shangzhou (city in Shaanxi)

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魄力

paak3 lik6

Mandarin: po4 li4

courageous and resolute

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棡

gong1

Mandarin: gang1

Simplified: 㭎

oak

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管口

gun2 hau2

Mandarin: guan3 kou3

a spout

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伊始

ji1 ci2

Mandarin: yi1 shi3

dawning; beginning

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斥資

cik1 zi1

Mandarin: chi4 zi1

invest, allocate money

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梭心

so1 sam1

Mandarin: suo1 xin1

bobbin

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乞米

hat1 mai5

Mandarin: qi3 mi3

beg for food

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明蝦

ming4 haa1

shrimp, prawn

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尾市

mei5 si5

[stock market] close | [台]: 尾盤

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玩忽職守

wun6 fat1 zik1 sau2

Mandarin: wan2 hu1 zhi2 shou3

dereliction of duty

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每月

mui5 jyut6

Mandarin: mei3​ yue4​

by the month, monthly, per month, each month

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紅色炸彈

hung4 sik1 zaa3 daan6*2

Mandarin: hong2 se4 zha4 dan4

a written (wedding) invitation (lit., "red bomb")

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狐

wu4

Mandarin: hu2

fox

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buhng

Mandarin: cantonese-only

beng3

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布須曼人

bou3 seoi1 maan6 jan4

Mandarin: bu4 xu1 man4 ren2

bushman (African minority)

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舅母

kau5 mou5

Mandarin: jiu4 mu3

aunt (mother's brother's wife) | [粵]: also 妗母

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穆罕默德

muk6 hon2 mak6 dak1

Mandarin: mu4 han3 mo4 de2

Muhammad (c. 570-632), founder of Islam

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餘暇

jyu4 haa6

Mandarin: yu2 xia2

Simplified: 余暇

spare time

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鬢髮

ban3 faat3

Mandarin: bin4 fa4

hair on the temples

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嘥料

saai1 liu2

Mandarin: sai1 liao4

Cantonese

waste good things

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辦

baan6

Mandarin: ban4

Simplified: 办

to do | to manage | to handle | to go about | to run | to set up | to deal with | to transact | to punish | to purchase supplies | # adapted from cc-cedict

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之

zi1

Mandarin: zhi1

1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch | # adapted from cc-cedict

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搾

zaa3

Mandarin: zha4

to press | to extract (juice) | device for extracting juice, oils etc | to extort | # adapted from cc-cedict

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大懶蛇

daai6 laan5 se4

Mandarin: da4 lan3 she2

Simplified: 大懒蛇

a lazy person [colloquial]

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民主

man4 zyu2

Mandarin: min2 zhu3

democracy

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星期四

sing1 kei4 sei3

Mandarin: xing1 qi1 si4 (PRC), xing1 qi2 si4 (Taiwan)

Thursday. Syn.: 禮拜四

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英姿颯爽

jing1 zi1 saap3 song2

Mandarin: ying1 zi1 sa4 shuang3

dashing and brave; stalwart and heroic; valiant and strong in bearing- also 颯爽英姿

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仆倒

puk1 dou3*2

[v] to fall down

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養眼

joeng5 ngaan5

[adj] good looking (lit., "feeding the eyes")

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